Overtime

Baltimore City Council President Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake introduced resolutions yesterday asking the city's police commissioner to brief the council on the effect of reduced police overtime on Baltimore's homicide rate, a plan to redraw police district lines and the effectiveness of the city's blue-light crime cameras. At a City Council lunch, Rawlings-Blake said current police district lines are outdated and could be responsible for a "structural deficit" in police overtime spending.

Pittsburgh -- The Navy football team is leaving a lot of people winded, including opposing teams such as Pittsburgh, which couldn't find a way to beat the smaller, slower and less-than-perfect Midshipmen on Wednesday night. Navy again found a way to win when all signs said it shouldn't. The Mids won in overtime for the first time - in double overtime - beating Pitt, 48-45, just before the clock struck midnight. It was another wild win, and in its way, an impressive one. "We were due for a win like this," Navy coach Paul Johnson said.

One day after the most bizarre defeat in his nine seasons as coach of the Ravens, Brian Billick wouldn't inflame the controversy surrounding Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson's game-tying, 51-yard field goal at the end of regulation. But Billick didn't exactly douse it, either. Billick said the team would express to the NFL its "concerns" about the way the field officials reversed the call after consulting with the replay official about procedure. He displayed his trademark sarcasm in talking about whether his team was prepared to go back on the field for overtime.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Jimmie Johnson got help holding off Jeff Gordon yesterday in a rematch of teammates from a source roaring out of the blue: Ryan Newman, who hasn't won a Nextel Cup race in more than two years. Then it was all Johnson could do to hold off Newman in a green-white-checkered overtime finish of the Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway, while Gordon finished third. Johnson, with his seventh win this season, shaved Gordon's lead in NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup by 15 points to 53, with four races remaining.

Ravens@Chargers Sunday, 4:15 p.m., Ch. 13, 1090 AM, 97.9 FM Line: Chargers by 9 1/2 BIZARRE FINISH In one of the strangest endings in NFL history, the Ravens walked off the field thinking they had won only to return to the field and lose in overtime. :26 -- Matt Stover's 47-yard field goal gave the Ravens a 30-27 lead. :00 --- Phil Dawson's 51-yard field-goal attempt was ruled no good by one official underneath the upright. But after a discussion lasting nearly five minutes, referee Pete Morelli ruled that the field goal was good because it had bounced off the supporting post, tying the game at 30 and sending it to overtime.

NEW ORLEANS -- With less than a second left in overtime and Nevada's two-possession lead guaranteeing victory, coach Mark Fox wrapped an arm around senior forward Nick Fazekas and whispered into his ear. "I told him I was proud of him," Fox said after the Wolf Pack's 77-71 victory over Creighton yesterday. "I told him that it would come back to him. And that he gets to play another day." Fazekas, the cornerstone of Nevada's ascension to national prominence the past four seasons, watched the final 3:06 of overtime from the bench after fouling out. As he sat, guards Kyle Shiloh, Marcelus Kemp and Ramon Sessions combined to score the No. 7 seed Wolf Pack's final 14 points.

Senior attackman Justin Martinelli and the Mount Hebron boys lacrosse team claimed the Howard County championship with a 9-8 double-overtime win at Centennial last night. Martinelli's wraparound goal in the closing minute of the second four-minute overtime period proved to be the game-winner for the defending Class 3A-2A state champion Vikings, who scored two goals in the final two minutes of regulation to get even and eventually avenge an 8-7 overtime loss to the Eagles during the regular season.

COLLEGE PARK -- After crushing its previous six opponents by an average of 12 points, the No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team finally faced a test.Pushed into overtime by a smothering James Madison defense yesterday, the Terps attack struggled before scoring three goals in overtime to edge the No. 5 Dukes, 12-11, at Byrd Stadium.Kristin Sommar scored the game-winner with 37 seconds left in overtime and Christie Jenkins made a game-saving interception with 12 seconds left to give the four-time defending national champs their 17th straight victory.

For the first half of the final period, when the Richmond Rhythm was held scoreless, blew what was left of a 20-point lead, and looked on the verge of going 0-6, the BayRunners seemed like they had overcome the loss of forward Rodney Elliott.But down three with 38 seconds left, Rhythm guard A. J. English made a three-pointer that tied the score at 97 and sent it into an overtime that netted the BayRunners a 117-108 loss in front of 2,002 at the Baltimore Arena last night.The Rhythm outscored Baltimore 20-11 in overtime, which highlighted the loss of Elliott, who went down with an ankle injury on the game's opening tip-off.

ATLANTA -- Yesterday's game had produced pretty much the same negatives as the three previous games had for the Atlanta Falcons.Only this time, despite the injuries, penalties, missed field-goal attempts and turnovers, the defending NFC champions appeared in good shape to claim a victory. But a botched final regulation drive deep into Ravens territory was followed by a major blown defensive assignment in overtime.The result was another defeat, as the Falcons' 19-13 overtime loss left Atlanta 0-4 and searching for answers.

Two-time defending champion and No. 1-ranked Garrison Forest dominated play from the beginning of the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship game to the end of the first overtime Sunday. But it wasn't enough to beat No. 6 Bryn Mawr, which used two corner opportunities to upset the Grizzlies, 2-1, in double overtime. "We hadn't been able to beat Garrison since the 2006 championship game," said Bryn Mawr senior Evie Freeman, who tapped the ball over the stick of Garrison goalkeeper Emily Cain for the game-winner.

Et cetera Caps lose, 5-4 in overtime; Ovechkin leaves with injury R.J. Umberger scored his second goal of the game on a power play 1:45 into overtime to lift the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-4 overtime victory against the Washington Capitals. Blue Jackets left wing Raffi Torres scored twice in the final 6 1/2 minutes of regulation, including the tying goal with 23 seconds left to send the game into overtime. Rick Nash had a goal and two assists for Columbus (6-5-1). Washington (8-2-3)

With the rain coming down, the fog nestling around the evergreens surrounding the scoreboard end of the Garrison Forest field hockey field and the winds picking up to make it colder by the minute, the No. 1 Grizzlies' Liza Blue got hot. The game against No. 6 Bryn Mawr was about a minute and a half into overtime when Blue dribbled at least 40 yards down the field, weaving around defenders until she found herself almost out of bounds. It was then that she somehow managed a cross-body swipe at the ball that found the inside of the net at an almost impossible angle to win the game, 3-2. The goal 1:55 into overtime wiped out a terrific comeback bid by Bryn Mawr.

South River sophomore midfielder Anna D'Ambra had a couple of choices to consider when she ran on to a through ball in the second overtime of Wednesday night's game against rival Arundel: pass or shoot. She chose the latter, and it proved a smart decision as she neatly placed a shot into the lower left corner with 2:58 left to give the No. 5 Seahawks a resilient 2-1 home win over the No. 3 Wildcats in Anne Arundel County girls soccer. South River improved to 10-2 overall and 8-1 in Anne Arundel, handing Arundel (11-1, 8-1)

Pete Caringi scored the game-winner in the 25th minute on a rebound in front of the box as the host No. 9 Calvert Hall boys soccer team upset top-ranked McDonogh, 1-0, on Wednesday. Caringi took the initial shot, which was blocked by McDonogh keeper Matt Sanchez (three saves). The ball bounced 6 yards out, where Caringi met it and put it back in for the goal. McDonogh (14-2) previously lost to Mount St. Joseph, 2-1, on Oct. 2, the Eagles' first loss in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference in two years.

WASHINGTON - - The Washington Capitals earned a point in the standings, but their performance against the New Jersey Devils did little to quell concerns about their ability to hold a late lead or stay out of the penalty box at critical times. The Capitals lost their fourth straight game Monday at Verizon Center, 3-2, in the shootout after blowing a one-goal lead with under seven minutes left to play, then giving the Devils a power play in overtime. "Even though we have a fairly veteran team, it's learning how to win again," coach Bruce Boudreau said.

Carlton Jackson threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Edwin Baptiste in overtime to lift Morgan State to a 16-10 win over Winston-Salem State on Saturday in East Rutherford, N.J. Jackson, who completed 16 of 21 passes for 146 yards, connected with Jephte Cherenfant on a 4-yard touchdown to give the Bears (1-1) a 7-3 lead in the third quarter. Baptiste finished with five catches for 70 yards. The Rams (0-3) regained the lead at 10-7 on Jarrett Dunston's 18-yard touchdown pass to Austin Higgins in the third quarter.

A city judge ruled Thursday that internal affairs files for officers whose misconduct cases were tossed out in a recent wave of dismissals should not be turned over to defense attorneys seeking to question the credibility of those officers. Assistant State's Attorney Gerard B. Volatile said Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Doory, after reviewing the files in his chambers, ruled that because there was not a finding of guilt or innocence, the officers were entitled to privacy. The ruling came at a pretrial hearing for two men convicted of murder whose convictions were overturned on appeal.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -By the end of the game, players from the Maryland and Virginia men's lacrosse teams wearily offered congratulations, sought any liquid that could hydrate their bodies and then trudged off to their respective destinations. But at the end of the longest game in NCAA history, the heads and shoulders of the host Cavaliers hung slightly higher than those of their counterparts. No. 1 Virginia got a goal from junior midfielder Brian Carroll with three minutes left in the seventh overtime to outlast the No. 9 Terps, 10-9.

Goosen prevails in PGA Transitions GOLF Retief Goosen took an important step toward rejoining the elite in golf yesterday by closing with a 1-under-par 70 in Palm Harbor, Fla., for a one-shot victory in the Transitions Championship, his first PGA Tour win in nearly four years. Goosen had a two-shot lead with three holes to play on the demanding Copperhead Course at Innisbrook when, just like everyone else, he struggled to hang on. The two-time U.S. Open champion, 40, from South Africa barely made it. His 5-foot putt for par on the final hole curled in the side of the cup, giving him a one-stroke victory over Charles Howell III (68)